Metal-cabinet construction.



D. E. HUNTER.

METAL CABINET CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-17.19l4.

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Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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DAVID Il HUNTER, 0F MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE SHAW-WALKER COMPANY, OF MU SKEGON, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

. METAL-CABINET CONSTRUCTION.

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Application filed October 17, 1914.. 7 Serial No. 867,062.

"is attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the structure and methods of constructingthe samehereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 2-- Figure 1 is a view in perspective (showing front and side) of a section of a sectional cabinet, with parts of the like sections above and below; Fig. 2 is a frag--v mentary view of such section showing a front corner portion thereof viewed from the inside; Fig. 3 is a similar view of a rear corner portion of the same; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the same in vertical section on a plane corresponding with line AB of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a like view in vertical section on a plane corresponding with line CD of Fig. 1; Fig. "6 is a like view in horizontal section on a plane corresponding with line. .EF of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a like view in horizontal section on a plane corresponding with line G-H of Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of the corner base member (hereinafter called the connector) as seen from the inside of the section, and portions of the side sill in position for assembling, and of a rear corner post; Fi 9 is a like view of the connector as seen rom the inside of the section looking directly forward, and of portions of the front sill in position for assembling, and of the corner post; and Fig. 10 is a detail 'view of a sill and connector in vertical secspaced as shown. To the outside of these flanges respectively are secured in any suitable manner as by spot welding the similar flanges 4 of the corner posts 5 of the cabinet section 6. p

I The rear corner posts, as particularly shown in Figs. 3 and. 8, are of angle iron form, while-the front corner posts are of channel iron form, having an additional -flange 18.

To' the horizontal extensions 7 of the connectors flanges are secured the sills of.

the cabinet section, being the front sill 8, or rear sill 9, and the side sill 10. These sills are formed with flanges 11 embracing the extensions 7, whereby they are adapted to be slid, in assembling the parts, along such extensions until thenfront or the rear sill abuts against the side sill at the internal corner of the section, whereupon the sills may be secured in such position in any suit able manner, as by crimping or bending 'over a portion 12 of the sill into a notch 13 in the extension.

The lower flange 101 of the sills is provided with an upwardly-extending flange portion, as particularly shown in Figs. 3, 8 and 10, which is slit vertically at two places 14 near each other, said portion 12 between such slits registering with said notch 13 (shown in Fig. 8) in the assembled position of the sills and connectors. This portion 12 is, when the sills and connectors are thus assembled, bent over into said notch 13, whereby the sills and connectors aresecurely held in said assembled position.

To form a close corner-joint between the abutting sills, their inwardly-turned flanges 11 are miteredat 16 to meet inv a common plane: and to give a finished appearance to the section, etc., the face portion 17 of the sill abuts against the edge of the adjacent flange of the corner post, the sills horizontal flanges 11 extending behind it; and the front corner posts are formed with a rearwardly-extending inside [flange 18 under k which the front sills upper flange 11 passes The cabinet section is shown open in front, for the reception of its contents or to admit a drawer, etc. Its sides may be inclosed as by metal walls or panels 19 secured at their sides to the inside of the corner posts flanges, and having inwardly-turned flanges 20 at their tops and similar flanges 100 at their bottoms. Each section is shown pro- 1 engaging members is longitudinally chanvided with a floor 21 which, being secured to the sills, not only protects the contents of the section but acts as a strong corner brace for the structure. When the sections 6 are assembled, as shown in Fig. 1, each corner post, (extending the entire vertical dimension of the sction',) rests at its lower end on'the top of the corner post of the section-below, and the entire structure is held in position by mutually engaging members, as the member 8 (being the front sill in the construction shown) and the member 22 fastened to the section below, as by welding it to the forward end of the top flange 20 of its side panel. One of these mutually neled vertically to receive the other (as particularlyshown at the right hand lower and upper corners of Fig. 5),. whereby an engagement to prevent lateral displacement is effected and the strength of the downwardlyextending sides of the channeled member is utilized, to sustain the weight of'the upper parts.

, It will beseen that by this construction the said two engaging members cooperate to resist the tendency to vertical deflection.

.Not confining myself to details of construction shown or described, I claim:

1. In metal-cabinet construction, a bent metal connector having an upright and a lateral extension, a corner post secured directly to the connectors upright on the outer side of the same, and a sill having flanges embracing said extension.

2. In metal-cabinet construction, a connector having an upright with lateral flanges angularly spaced, such flanges having horizontal extensions whose faces lie in the planes of said flanges respectively, a corner post secured directly to the connectors upright on the outer side of the same, and sills secured to said extensions respectively and having inwardly-turned flanges mitered to meet in a common horizontal plane.

3. In metal-cabinet construction, a connector having an upright with lateral flanges'angularly spaced, such flanges having horizontal extensions, a corner post having lateral flanges angularly spaced and secured to the outside of the connectors flanges respectively, andsills having faces outside of said extensions respectively, the edge of the corner posts flange and the edge of the face of the adjacent sill abutting.

4. In metal-cabinet construction, a connector consisting of an uprighthaving a lateral extension, a corner post secured to the connectors upright, and a sill having a face portion abutting against the edge of the corner post, the sill having also a horizontal flange extending behind the corner post.

5. In metal-cabinet construction, a connector consisting of an upright having a lateral extension, a corner post secured to the connectors upright, and a sill having a face portion abutting against the edge of the corner post, the sill having also flanges embracing such extension and extending behind the corner post.

6. In metal-cabinet construction, a connector consisting of an upright having a lateral extension provided with a notch in its edge and adapted to receive a portion of the hereinafter named flange, a corner post secured to the connectors upright, and a sill having a flange embracin said extension, a portlon of which flange is adapted to be bent into the notch.

7 In metal-cabinet construction, a connector consisting of an upright having a lateral extension, a corner post secured to the connectors upright and having a face portion and a rearwardly-extending outside flange and a rearwardly-extending inside flange, and a sill having a face portion whose edge abuts against the edge of said outside flange of the corner post, the sill havin also a horizontal flange extendin behin the corner post and under its saiil inside flange.

8. In metalcabinet construction, a cabinet section having connectors, corner posts, sills, and inclosing panels; the connectors having uprights with lateral flanges angularly spaced, the corner posts having lateral flanges angularly spaced, and secured to the outside of the connectors uprights, the sills being secured to the connectors, and the inclosing panels being secured to the inside of the corner posts flanges.

9. In metal-cabinet construction, a cabinet section having connectors, corner posts, sills, and floors; the connectors having uprights with lateral flanges an ularly spaced, the corner posts having latera flanges angularly spaced and secured to the outside of the connectors uprights, the sills being secured to the connectors, and the floor being fastened to the sills.

10. In metal-cabinet construction, two cabinet sections each having a corner post extending the entire vertical dimension of the sections sides, sills secured to the corner post; and mutually engaging members carried respectively by the sections and located within the outer surface of the sectio'n?s sides and adapted to hold one section on top of the other in such position that the lower. end of the corner post of the upper section abuts on the upper end of the corner post of the lower section.

11. In cabinet construction, two cabinet sections each having an open front, one of which sections is adapted to set on top of the other, said sections having at their fronts respectively mutually engaging members one of which has a longitudinal channel whose depth extends vertically and 1,206,133 1 new adaptedto receive the other, whereby such members cooperate to resist vertical de flection.

12. In cabinet-construction, two cabinet sections, one of which is adapted to set on top of the other, the upper section having a channeled sill with downwardly extending flanges adapted to resist vertical deflection and the lower section having an engaging member adapted to be held in the sills chan- 10 nel to reinforce it against vertical deflection.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID E. HUNTER. Witnesses:

JENNIE FLICKEMA, I. E. SUNDQUIST. 

